"initially encounter" — Kollokationen-Wörterbuch Englisch

initially encounter Kollokation
Automatische Übersetzung (wir garantieren seine Korrektheit nicht): początkowo spotkanie
  1. encounter Verb + initially Adverb
    Schwache Kollokation

    Having been initially encountered at night on 21 October 1943, it was not until the following day that she sank.